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Certified Breathwork Instructor · St. Louis, MO

Breathwork training in St. Louis.

Train as a Certified Breathwork Instructor (CBI) with Harmonika Institute in St. Louis, MO. Train as a Certified Breathwork Instructor — pranayama, conscious connected breathing, and trauma-informed group work.

Breathwork certification training in St. Louis, MO

St. Louis cohort details

City
St. Louis, MO
Credential
CBI
Tuition
$2,800
In-person training
8 days · 64h
Live cohort calls
1 day · 4h
Supervised practice
60h
Portfolio + jury
35h
Total
163h · ~20 day-eq.
Cohort
10 students
Format
In person + live cohort calls
Download detailed program (PDF)

PDF — modules, hours, faculty notes, and a typical week's schedule.

Train where you live

Why Breathwork in St. Louis?

St. Louis's wellness market is smaller than larger Midwest metros but unusually loyal — practitioners build long-term client relationships and the community is closely networked. Our cohorts here include educators, healthcare workers, and community-service professionals.

For students of Breathwork specifically, St. Louis's scene is a particularly good match: tight-knit practitioner community. strong client retention rates. The local cohort runs in venue partners around Central West End, The Loop, Soulard, with public transit and parking accessible from across the metro.

St. Louis students are often 35-55, with backgrounds in education, healthcare, social services, and church-community work. The cohort is smaller than larger metros and unusually committed.

The modality

What you'll be training in.

For a deeper introduction to Breathwork as a practice tradition, see the full program page.

Breathwork is an umbrella term for practices that use intentional patterns of breathing to shift psychological, physiological, and energetic states. The category includes ancient yogic pranayama (nadi shodhana, kapalabhati, bhramari, ujjayi, and many others), Tibetan Tummo, Sufi practices, modern conscious-connected breathing (Rebirthing, Holotropic, Transformational), and contemporary clinical applications (4-7-8 breathing, box breathing, coherent breathing).

What a working breathwork facilitator actually does varies widely depending on lineage and context. A pranayama-trained yoga teacher leading slow, deliberate breath ratios in a class of twenty creates a different experience than a Holotropic-trained facilitator running a five-hour group session with deliberately intensified breathing. Both are legitimate; both serve different purposes; both require structured training to do safely.

What you'll learn

The Breathwork curriculum, in 8 in-person days.

  • Foundational pranayama: nadi shodhana, kapalabhati, bhramari
  • Conscious-connected breathing and similar modern styles
  • Reading breathers in real time and adjusting pace
  • Trauma-informed pacing and clear referral pathways
  • Designing one-on-one breathwork sessions
  • Leading breathwork circles of 10-40 people

See the full module-by-module curriculum →

Cohort schedule

When Breathwork cohorts run in St. Louis.

St. Louis cohorts adjust around the Midwest winter. May and September starts dominate; January cohorts are small. Tornado season (April-June) occasionally requires scheduling adjustments.

The right student

Who this St. Louis cohort is for.

Yoga teachers, coaches, and somatic practitioners who want to add a powerful, well-bounded one-on-one and group modality to their work.

Career outcomes

After graduation in St. Louis.

  • Open a private Breathwork practice (CBI)
  • Lead breathwork circles in studios, retreats, and community settings
  • Add breathwork to a yoga, coaching, or somatic practice
  • Specialize in stress, anxiety, or peak performance breathwork
Tuition

$2,800 for the full 20-day Breathwork program in St. Louis.

Same tuition whether you study in St. Louis or any of our other U.S. cities. Monthly payment plans without interest. A 25% deposit confirms your spot in the St. Louis cohort.

Tuition and financing details

$2,800

163h total · 8 in-person days

Next step

Become a Certified Breathwork Instructor in St. Louis.

Talk with our admissions team about the next Breathwork cohort starting in St. Louis, MO. Free, online, one hour.